mikie Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 Hi there. At college, we're running VW Architect 10 on Mac OS 10.2. For a project I am going over, I am trying to model the topography of the site. Previously I had traced the contours in illustrator (using the pen tool), placing each interval on a separate layer. I exported this file as a dxf, and imported it into Architect, and each of those layers became a class. No problem (quite handy really). In Architect, I selected all and converted to 2d polylines. I then went to AEC>Survey Input>2D polys to 3d contours, set the start height (55m/55000mm) and the interval (5m/5000mm) and tried both 3D polys and 3D loci. I went through the process fine, and the software created the DTM layer. I then went to AEC>Site Model... and started that. It went ok for a bit, but on both occasions, it threw this error: Error: Creation of the DTM failed. Examine your data, eliminate duplicate or vertically stacked datapoints or crossed contours and try again. Which I did, and got the same message. What am I doing wrong? Please help. Mike Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted March 29, 2003 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 29, 2003 Look at your source data. The DTM doesn't like duplicate points. You should use either 3D polys or 3D loci as your source data, not both. Also look at the loci or polys that you use and see if there are duplicate loci or vertices. Quote Link to comment
mikie Posted March 29, 2003 Author Share Posted March 29, 2003 Hi Robert. It would appear that Architect does not like polylines from Illustrator. I smoothed up the lines in illustrator and simplified them too. Still this did not work. I grouped the classes as well and pasted them into a new document so that they would be on the same layer and in one class. Still no luck. I tried as a pict and epsf too and still no luck. I tried a test set of countours that I made up in Architect using the freehand line tool, and it worked fine, so I guess it must be some sort of illustrator thing or similar. Oh well, guess I will have to draw it again. Hmph. Thanks anyway. P.S. You're up early for work on a Saturday. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted March 30, 2003 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 30, 2003 You might try using the "Filter 3D Polygons" command on your polys before you run Site Model. If this fails, send me a copy of your file (email to randerson@nemetschek.net ) so I can see what's up. Quote Link to comment
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